Connecting device



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v H. J. RAHILLY CONNECTING DEVICE Filed-Jan. 10, 1923- INVENTOR.

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ihpplic'atio'n filed entr 10' 1923. Serial mfeimsa This invention relates to devices for connecting a flexible hose to a tank or the like from which. material is togber expelled It has been designed 'prisuch as disclosediniUnited States Letters Patent #991;814, issued to McElroy Sheppro ect1on, that is,- With the help of compressed air.

nection between hose by means of which be appliedto a Wall of places of connection between the coupling and the tank as Well as and the flexible hose.".Another object is to eat a certain part of the connecting device movable and exchangeable.

drawings comprises a gland member 10 have ing lugs 11 tor devices have k rubber tube attached at'both. ends as by r1veting toconnecting very strong, is

' As constructed hitherto, such connecting members' which served to connect the. coupling to the tank and to the hose.

apt to'swellfand bulge outwardly under the influence otcompressed air. According to the presentinvention have provided and durable construction.

features vill be pointed out in the ample of my invention Without defining its limits.

tudinal section through my improved con heating device and Fig. 2 is a transverse sec-g v g v i ply disconnecting the gland member 10 from tionon line 22 of Fig. 1.

The connecting device illustrated in the attaching the device'to a tank or the like. Connected rigidly with said member. 10; asby elding, is a metal sleeve- 12' the other end'otwhich is connected rigidly, as by Welding, to a nipple 13"Which is provided-With axscrew p nection With .a coupllng nut 15 iorming part thread 14 for conof a fiexiblehose 16. The nut 15 is-held'on the hose 1613 n1eans of a fiangedcollalr 17 9,-1911,-for mixing and applying plastic or adhesive materials by The object ot-the' invention isto provide a strong and veryefiective conthe. mixing machine and the the material is to' other "surface. An other object is to provide tight joints at the x the rubber h0se16;

between the coupling to make it readily. re-j been made'jwith a piece of? This rubber tube; even ifmade a metal casing surrounding such rubber tube, thus yielding a 'very strong These and "other will appear from hereinafter; and

In these drawings Fig. 1 'isa longi-' is fitted a rubber sleeve "19 which is also made'conicalt'o 'iit the; inner surface ofthe term tube lfl." YTheiubher.tube lt) isformed'wvith l a shoulder 20 fitting a corr'esponding shoul der 21 in the endsurtace of the glandmenia M ber 10." Adjacent to the shoulder 20,.the

rubber tube 19;is provided withfiange. 22

located outside ot'the end surface ot' the member 10.

1 The rubber tube 19for1ns'alining forthe Y metal tube 12am atits reduced end 'i t is of a' diameterfequal, to the inner diameter of As shown, the rubbertube 16 extends forla certain distanceivv-ith in the nipple 13' and is adapted tobe brought y tightly against the end of therubber lining 'l9 by' the 'enga' geinent'iof the nut 15 with the threads ot the nipple"13.'- It 'vvill be'seen' thatthe rubber tube 19 forms with the hose 16 continuous passage ithin the connect in-g member, t ns'passage be ng smOotln-With- "out any projecting or recessed portions against or in which material might. accumur late-duringthe' operation of the device The flange 22 on the rubber sleeve-"19not only holds said sleeve securely in position] andlprevents its being pulled out from the gland bntitialso servesas packing'betw'een the gland member 10 and the tank or the like to which the connecting member" isto be attachech A tight join; the junction of the nipple 1:3, With the hose 16 is 'providedgby verystrong and s'u'bstantial delivery connection'between thetank and the flexible hose is thus established. The rubberli' sleeve 19 Which is exposedto considerable W'ear--is readily removable and exchangeable by simthe tank. Various modiiic'at ons may be made withpressure with Which said hose is pressed into con'tactfwith the rubber sleeve 19. A.

out departing from the. nature of my invention as set forthin Tclaimr 1 lfiA connecting device for connecting/ahose to a tank comprising a tapered sleeve of the appended claims.

resilient 'liquid tight material, said sleeve having at'the larger end thereof a laterally extending fi'ange,acla1nping member adapt ed to be bolted to the i'vall'ofsaid tank and clamp, said flange into liquid-tight engagement with said tank, a tapered metallic reinforcing sleeve having one end thereof sc curedto said clamping member and snugly encasin'g said resilient sleeve, a nipple secured to the other end of said metallic sleeve, saidclamping member, metallic sleeve and nipple being rigidly secured together to form gaged by a unitary tapered structure from which said ,nle and clam in member to rovide a L b V smooth tapered interior bore, a tapered sleeve of resilientliquid-tight materialsnugly encased within said tapered bore, said resil ent sleeve having at its larger end a laterally extending flange adapted 'to'be enclainped against the wall of said tank to form a liquid-tight joint therewith, the smallerend of said-resilient sleeve terminating short of the end-of said nipple, a flanged collar adapted to be ecuredto a rubber hose, and a nut adapted to be engaged with said flanged collar and said nipple to clamp the end of said hose into tight engagement with I t the smaller end of said resilient sleeve.

3. A connecting. device for connecting a hose to a tank, compris ng an attaching member adapted to be secured to the wallet said tank, airelatively thin metallic sleeve,

and a nipple adaptedto coact with a cou- I p li-ng nut attached to said hose, said sleeve being rigidly secured at its opposite ends to said attaching member and nipple-to form a unitary element, and a tapered'sleeve of resilient liquid-tight material inserted within said unitary element and fitting the bor thereof, and having at one end thereof an outwardly extending flange abutting against the-outerV-surface of saidattaching member,

the. other end of said resilient sleeve terininating within the bore of said nipple ata distance from the outer end thereof said clamping member and.

4. A connecting device for connecting a hose to a tank, comprising an attaching member adapted to be secured to the wall of said. tank an'd-liavin'ga tapered bore, a relatively thin tapering metallic'sleeve having the larger end thereof secured withinthe tapered bore of said attaching member, a'nipple secured to the other end of saidtaperedi sleeve and adapted to coact with a coupling hint on said hose, and atapered sleeve of resilient liquid-tight material fitting within said tapered metallic sleeve andhaving an outwardly extending flange atRits larger-end abutting against the outer face of said attaching member, the other end'of said re silient sleeve terminating within thebore or said nipple at a distance from the outer end thereof. I 1

5. A connecting device for connecting a hose to a tank cornurisin an attachin 2 l a: a

member adaptedlto be secured to the wall of said tank, a relatively thin'tapering metallic sleeve integrally united at the larger end thereof to said attachingmember, 'a nipple integrally united to the smaller end of said metallic sleeve and adapted to coact with a clamping nut onsaid hose, and a tapered sleeve of resilient liquid-tight material -arranged within said metallic sleeve and having an outwardly extending flange at its larger end abutting against the" outer face of said attaching member, said resilient sleeve at its other end terminating within the bore of saidnipple at a distance from the outer end thereof.

6. A connecting device of the 'kind described, comprising a tapering metallic sleeve having attaching members at opposite ends thereof, said sleeve and attaching members being secured together to form a unitary element, andfa taperedsleeve of resilient liquid-tight material inserted Within said uni tary element from the larger end thereof and fitting the bore thereof, and having at its a larger end an outwardly extending flange I abutting against the surface of the attaching member at the largerend of said element.

I In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

I HAROLD Josnrii RAHILLY. 

